Do you have a pile of DVDs that remain unwatched? A shelf of BDs you've yet to see? Or would you admit to owning a box of dust-covered VHS tapes that you never got around to checking out? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, than this thread is the place for you. It's a <s>support group</s> spot where you can track your progress in trying to eliminate those unwatched films in your collection.

Here's the instructions, courtesy of Mister Peepers, who has chaired these unwatched threads for a long, long time...

What Is This? Where Am I?

Spun off from an idea I had in the Unwatched DVD Pile thread, I decided to let everyone keep track of how they are coming along with their unwatched stuff along with seeing how everyone else is doing compared to you.

It may shock you to see how much you buy compared to how much you watch.

How Do I Start My Own List?

Here's a template. You'll have to remove the space before the 'b' for it to work right.

[ b]Movies To Watch:[/ b] 0

[ b]Movies Watched:[/ b] 0

[ b]New Movies Bought:[/ b]0

[ b]This Month's Net Change:[/ b]0

[ b]Total Net Change :[/ b]0

There are 5 different sections for your post.

Section one will be how many movies you have to watch at the beginning of the month. This won't get updated.

Section two will be your list of movies as you watch them. Update as you watch.

Section three will be for the bad, bad man who forces you to buy new movies even though you can't finish what you have. You could either to a count and change it as you get it, or impress us all with a list instead so we can see that you bought the new Power Rangers movie.

Section four will be your monthly net change. It'll be zero at the first first of each month. It works like this, let's say you watch 3 movies, it just became -3. The next day there's a 20% off sale at DDD, add 40 more so now it's +37.

Section five is your total net change. This one will carry over from the previous month or if you are just starting out, it will be zero. As you watch or buy movies, you will adjust this as well as the monthly net change.

Total Net Change is confusing. Why did you do that and a monthly one?

After the first month, my net for the month was +59. I didn't want to start off a new month with such a high number so I made it so you track both. At least that way I could be even for something and not feel like such a loser.

How Do I Count TV sets or double feature DVDs?

You count them how you would normally count them. It's up for you to decide how you want to do it.

What If I Watch Stuff As I Buy? Can I Still Join?

There's no problem if you want to keep track of what you do.

That's all there is to it. Mister Peepers also created an optional checklist, providing folks with a creative approach to tackling the unwatched pile:

--- Title from your favorite genre(out of what's in your pile)
--- Title from your least favorite genre(out of what's in your pile)
--- Title with a favorite actor(out of what's in your pile)
--- Title with a loathed actor(out of what's in your pile)
--- Special feature
--- Commentary track
--- Title from the hardest to reach part of your collection
--- Movie title starting with ABC
--- Movie title starting with DEF
--- Movie title starting with GHI
--- Movie title starting with JKLM
--- Movie title starting with NOP
--- Movie title starting with QRS
--- Movie title starting with TUV
--- Movie title starting with WXYZ
--- First item alphabetically
--- Last item alphabetically
--- Oldest title(as in year made)
--- Oldest title in pile(as in it's been in the unwatched pile the longest as of last month)
--- Newest title(as in year made)
--- Newest title in pile(as in it's been in the unwatched pile the shortest as of last month)
--- Finish a season of a TV series
--- Pick an item at random. Make sure those crappy ones get an equal chance to get picked.
--- Have a friend/spouse/child/dog/fish pick an item for you. No helping.

And should you want to go back and check your progress from a previous month...

Older Threads

January 2012 (http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/597723-unwatched-movie-pile-thread-january-2012-a.html)

December 2011 (http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/596952-unwatched-movie-pile-thread-december-2011-a.html)

November 2011 (http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/595985-unwatched-movie-pile-thread-november-2011-a.html)

October 2011 (http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/595120-unwatched-movie-pile-october-11-a.html)

Fewest Watched by Month
2 - August 2011
4 - June 2011
4 - July 2011
6 - February 2009
7 - May 2010 (All TV Series as part of the Make-Your-Own Challenge)
8 - January 2011 (All TV Series as part of the TV-on-DVD Challenge)
8 - December 2008

Movies Watched: 12
Moneyball
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
8 1/2
The Secret of Kells
Sunflower
Foreign Correspondent
Three Coins in the Fountain
Up in the Air
Ran
All About Eve
Source Code
Donnie Darko

New Movies Bought: 14
Monsters
Friday the 13th Part 3
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Kiki's Delivery Service
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Anatomy of a Murder
World on a Wire
Days of Heaven
Gimme Shelter
High and Low
Angel Heart
Hellbound: Hellraiser II

*24: Season 1
*24: Season 2
*24: Season 3
*24: Season 4
*24: Season 5
*24: Season 6
*24: Redemption
*24: Season 7
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr
*Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 1
*Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 2: The War Years
*Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 3: The Years of Change
*Alias: Season 1
*Alias: Season 2
*Alias: Season 3
*Alias: Season 4
*Alias: Season 5
All Creatures Great and Small: Series 1
All Creatures Great and Small: Series 2
All Creatures Great and Small: Series 3
All Creatures Great and Small: Series 4
*All Creatures Great and Small: The Specials
All Creatures Great and Small: Series 6
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 1 Collector’s Edition
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 2
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 3
Babylon 5: Season 1
Babylon 5: Season 2
Babylon 5: Season 3
Babylon 5: Season 4
Babylon 5: Season 5
<S>Ballykissangel: Series 2</S>
<s>Ballykissangel: Series 3</s>
Ballykissangel: Series 4
Ballykissangel: Series 5
Ballykissangel: Series 6
Battlestar Galactica: Season 1
Battlestar Galactica: Season 2
Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.5
Battlestar Galactica: Season 3
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5
Battlestar Galactica: Classic: The Complete Epic Series
*Beastmaster: Season 1
*Beastmaster: Season 2
*Beastmaster: Season 3
Beauty and the Beast: Season 1
Beauty and the Beast: Season 2
Beauty and the Beast: Season 3
The Big Bang Theory: Season 1 (gift)
The Big Bang Theory: Season 2 (gift)
The Big Bang Theory: Season 3
The Big Bang Theory: Season 4
Blood Ties: Season 1
Blood Ties: Season 2
Bones: Season 1
Bones: Season 2
Bones: Season 3
Bones: Season 4
Castle: Season 1
Castle: Season 2
Chuck: Season 1 (gift)
Chuck: Season 2
Chuck: Season 3
Criminal Minds: Season 1
Criminal Minds: Season 2
Criminal Minds: Season 3
Crusade: The Complete Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigators: Season 1
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Season 2
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Season 3
CSI: Miami: Season 1
CSI: Miami: Season 2
CSI: Miami: Season 3 (gift)
CSI: Miami: Season 4
CSI: NY: Season 1
CSI: NY: Season 2
CSI: NY: Season 3
CSI: NY: Season 4
Doc Martin: Series 1
*Doc Martin: Series 2
*Doc Martin: Series 3
*Doc Martin: Series 4
*Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series
*Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara – The Key to Time: Part 4 (Story 101)
*Doctor Who: The Android Invasion (Story 83)
*Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity (Story 124)
*Doctor Who: The Ark in Space (Story 76)
*Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor – The Key to Time: Part 5 (Story 103)
*Doctor Who: The Awakening (Story 132)
*Doctor Who: Black Orchid (Story 121)
*Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius (Story 84)
*Doctor Who: The Carnival of Monsters (Story 66)
*Doctor Who: Castrovalva (Story 117)
*Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani (Story 136)
*Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos (57)
*Doctor Who: Colony in Space (Story 58)
*Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon (Story 61)
*Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth (Story 10)
*Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin (Story 88)
*Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks (Story 104)
*Doctor Who: The Dominators (Story 44)
*Doctor Who: Earthshock (Story 122)
*Doctor Who: Frontier in Space – The Dalek War (Story 67)
*Doctor Who: Full Circle: The E-Space Trilogy (Story 112)
*Doctor Who: Ghost Light (Story 157)
*Doctor Who: The Green Death (Story 69)
*Doctor Who: The Gunfighters (Story 25)
*Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear (Story 87)
*Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon (Story 108)
*Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock (Story 92)
*Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl (Story 94)
*Doctor Who: The Invasion (Story 46)
*Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken (Story 115)
*Doctor Who: The King’s Demons (Story 129)
*Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive (Story 110)
*Doctor Who: Logopolis (Story 116)
*Doctor Who: Lost in Time
*Doctor Who: Mark of the Rani (Story 140)
*Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora (Story 86)
*Doctor Who: Meglos (Story 111)
*Doctor Who: The Mind Robber (Story 45)
*Doctor Who: The Mutants (Story 63)
*Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet – The Key to Time: Part 2 (Story 99)
*Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks – The Dalek War (Story 67)
*Doctor Who: Planet of Evil (Story 81)
*Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll – The Key to Time: Part 5 (Story 102)
*Doctor Who: The Pyramids of Mars (Story 82)
*Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (Story 134)
*Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks (Story 143)
*Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen (Story 79)
*Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation – The Key to Time: Part 1 (Story 98)
*Doctor Who: Robot (Story 75)
*Doctor Who: The Robots of Death (Story 90)
*Doctor Who: The Sea Devils (Story 62)
*Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death (Story 48)
*Doctor Who: The Silurians (Story 52)
*Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis (Story 154)
*Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment (Story 77)
*Doctor Who: The Spearhead from Space (Story 51)
*Doctor Who: State of Decay: The E-Space Trilogy (Story 113)
*Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood – The Key to Time: Part 3 (Story 100)
*Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Story 91)
*Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (Story 55)
*Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (Story 65)
*Doctor Who: The Time Monster (Story 64)
*Doctor Who: The Time Warrior (Story 70)
*Doctor Who: Timelash (Story 142)
*Doctor Who: Time-Flight (Story 123)
*Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen (Story 37)
*Doctor Who: Underworld (Story 96)
*Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (Story 139)
*Doctor Who: The Visitation (story 120)
*Doctor Who: The War Games (Story 50)
*Doctor Who: The War Machines (Story 27)
*Doctor Who: Warriors’ Gate: The E-Space Trilogy (Story 114)
*Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep (Story 131)
*Due South: Season 1
*Due South: Season 2
*Due South: Season 3
Eureka: Season 1
Eureka: Season 2
Eureka: Season 3.0
Eureka: Season 3.5
Eureka: Season 4.0
Farscape: Season 1
Farscape: Season 2
Farscape: Season 3
Farscape: Season 4
Farscape: Season 2: Collection 1
Farscape: Season 2: Collection 2
Farscape: Season 2: Collection 3
Farscape: Season 3: Collection 2
Farscape: Season 4: Collection 1
Farscape: Season 4: Collection 2
Farscape: Season 4: Collection 3
Firefly: The Complete Series
Firefly: The Complete Series (BD)
The Flash: The Complete Series
*Friday the 13th the Series: Season 1
*Friday the 13th the Series: Season 2
Fringe: Season 1 (BD)
Fringe: Season 2 (BD)
Galactica 1980: The Complete Series
Ghost Whisperer: Season 1
Ghost Whisperer: Season 2
Glee: The Complete First Season
*Hawkeye The First Frontier: The Complete Series
Here Come the Brides: Season 1
*Hex: Season 1
Highlander: Season 1
Highlander: Season 1 (BD)
Highlander: Season 2
Highlander: Season 2 (BD)
Highlander: Season 3
Highlander: Season 3 (BD)
Highlander: Season 4
How I Met Your Mother: Season 1
How I Met Your Mother: Season 2
How I Met Your Mother: Season 3
How I Met Your Mother: Season 4
How I Met Your Mother: Season 5
Human Target: Season 1 (gift)
The Invisible Man: Season 1
Kingdom: Series 1
*Kingdom: Series 2
La Femme Nikita: Season 1
La Femme Nikita: Season 2
La Femme Nikita: Season 3
Legend of the Seeker: Season 1
Legend of the Seeker: Season 2
Leverage: Season 1
Leverage: Season 2
*<s>LEXX: Season 2</s>
*LEXX: Season 3
*LEXX: Season 4
Little Britain: The Complete First Series (gift)
Little Britain: The Complete Second Series (gift)
Little Britain: The Complete Third Series
*Little Britain Abroad
Little Britain USA: The Complete Series (gift)
Lois & Clark: Season 1
Lois & Clark: Season 2
Lois & Clark: Season 3
Lois & Clark: Season 4
Lost in Space: Season 1
Lost in Space: Season 2: Volume 1
Lost in Space: Season 2: Volume 2
Lost in Space: Season 3: Volume 1
Lost in Space: Season 3: Volume 2
The Lost World: Season 1
The Lost World: Season 2
The Lost World: Season 3
The Mentalist: Season 1
The Mentalist: Season 2
Merlin: Season 1
Merlin: Season 2
*Monarch of the Glen: Series 1
*Monarch of the Glen: Series 2
*Monarch of the Glen: Series 3
*Monarch of the Glen: Series 4
*Monarch of the Glen: Series 5
*Monarch of the Glen: Series 7
The Muppet Show: Season 1
The Muppet Show: Season 2
NCIS: Season 1
NCIS: Season 2
Northern Exposure: Season 1
Northern Exposure: Season 2
Northern Exposure: Season 3
Northern Exposure: Season 4
Numb3rs: Season 1
Numb3rs: Season 2
Numb3rs: Season 3
Numb3rs: Season 4
Poldark: Series 1
*Poltergeist: The Legacy: Season 1
*Poltergeist: The Legacy: Season 2
Robin Hood: Series 1
Robin Hood: Series 2
*Robin Hood: Series 3
*Robin of Sherwood: Set 1
*Robin of Sherwood: Set 2
Roswell: Season 1
Roswell: Season 2
Roswell: Season 3
*The Sarah Jane Adventures: Season 3
SeaQuest DSV: Season 1
SeaQuest DSV: Season 2
Smallville: Season 10
*Space: Above & Beyond: The Complete Series
Star Trek: TOS: Season 1 (BD)
Star Trek: TOS: Season 2 (BD)
Star Trek: DS9: Season 1
Star Trek: DS9: Season 2
Star Trek: DS9: Season 3
Star Trek: DS9: Season 4
Star Trek: DS9: Season 5
Star Trek: DS9: Season 6
Star Trek: DS9: Season 7
Star Trek: TNG: Season 1
Star Trek: TNG: Season 2
Star Trek: TNG: Season 3
Star Trek: TNG: Season 4
Star Trek: TNG: Season 5
Star Trek: TNG: Season 6
Star Trek: TNG: Season 7
*Stargate Infinity: The Complete Animated Series
Stargate SG1: Season 1
Stargate SG1: Season 2
Stargate SG1: Season 3
Stargate SG1: Season 4
Stargate SG1: Season 5
Stargate SG1: Season 6
Stargate SG1: Season 7
Stargate SG1: Season 8
Stargate SG1: Season 9
Stargate SG1: Season 10
Stargate: Atlantis: Season 1
Stargate: Atlantis: Season 2
Stargate: Atlantis: Season 3
Stargate: Atlantis: Season 4
Stargate: Atlantis: Season 5
*Starhunter
*Starhunter 2300
*Tales of the Gold Monkey: The Complete Series
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 1 (BD)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 2 (BD)
The Tudors: Season 1
The Tudors: Season 2
V: The Complete Series
The Vampire Diaries: Season 1
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 1: Volume 1
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 1: Volume 2
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 2: Volume 1
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 2: Volume 2
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 3: Volume 1
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 3: Volume 2
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 4: Volume 1
The West Wing: Season 1
The West Wing: Season 2
The West Wing: Season 3
The West Wing: Season 4
The West Wing: Season 5
The West Wing: Season 6
The West Wing: Season 7
*Wolverine and the X-Men: The Complete Series
<s>The X-Files: Season 5</s>
*The X-Files: Season 6
*The X-Files: Season 7
*The X-Files: Season 8
*The X-Files: Season 9
*X-Men: Legend of Wolverine

TV Documentaries/Miniseries/Movies to Watch

Atilla
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
Babylon 5: The Gathering
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
*Babylon 5: The Lost Tales
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Battlestar Galactica (Pilot Movie)
Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries
Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached
*Category 7 (BD)
*Children of the Corn (BD)
*Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (The Complete Specials) (BD)
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Harry Connick Jr: Only You in Concert
It
Look, Up in the Sky!: The Amazing Story of Superman
Pride and Prejudice (BD)
Roots
*Stargate: The Ark of Truth (BD)
*Stargate: Continuum (BD)
<s>V: The Original Miniseries</s>
<s>V: The Final Battle</s>
Virtuality
*Yanni – Live at the Acropolis

In Progress:

01.
02.

Checklist

--- Title from your favorite genre (out of what's in your pile):
--- Title from your least favorite genre (out of what's in your pile):
--- Title with a favorite actor (out of what's in your pile):
--- Title with a loathed actor (out of what's in your pile):
--- Special feature:
--- Commentary track:
-O- Title from the hardest to reach part of your collection:
--- Movie title starting with ABC:
--- Movie title starting with DEF:
--- Movie title starting with GHI:
--- Movie title starting with JKLM:
--- Movie title starting with NOP:
--- Movie title starting with QRS:
--- Movie title starting with TUV:
--- Movie title starting with WXYZ:
--- First item alphabetically:
--- Last item alphabetically:
--- Oldest title (as in year made):
--- Oldest title in pile (as in it's been in the unwatched pile the longest as of last month):
--- Newest title (as in year made):
-X- Newest title in pile (as in it's been in the unwatched pile the shortest as of last month): Wake of the Red Witch
-X- Finish a season of a TV series: Ballykissangel: Series 2
--- Pick an item at random. Make sure those crappy ones get an equal chance to get picked:
--- Have a friend/spouse/child/dog/fish pick an item for you. No helping:

DVDs/BDs Watched:

01. Ballykissangel: Series 2
02. Wake of the Red Witch
03. V: The Original Miniseries
04. V: The Final Battle
05. Ballykissangel: Series 3
06. *LEXX: Season 2
07. The X-Files: Season 5
08. *The X-Files: Fight the Future (BD)

Checklist: --- Title from your favorite genre (out of what's in your pile):
--- Title from your least favorite genre (out of what's in your pile):
--- Title with a favorite actor (out of what's in your pile):
--- Title with a loathed actor (out of what's in your pile):
--- Special feature:
--- Commentary track:
--- Title from the hardest to reach part of your collection:
-x- Title starting with ABC: Carnivŕle: Season 2
-x- Title starting with DEF: Epitafios: Season 1
--- Title starting with GHI:
-x- Title starting with JKLM: LEXX: Season 2
--- Title starting with NOP:
--- Title starting with QRS:
--- Title starting with TUV:
-x- Title starting with WXYZ: The X-Files: Season 5
--- First item alphabetically:
--- Last item alphabetically:
--- Oldest title(as in year made):
--- Oldest title in pile (as in it's been in the unwatched pile the longest as of last month):
--- Newest title(as in year made):
--- Newest title in pile(as in it's been in the unwatched pile the shortest as of last month):
--- Finish a season of a TV series:
--- Pick an item at random. Make sure those crappy ones get an equal chance to get picked.:
--- Have a friend/spouse/child/dog/fish pick an item for you. No helping.:

A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
There Goes My Baby
Crash
John Waters: This Filthy World
The Other F Word
Omen
Godkiller
Firecracker
Chaos
Adventureland
Expendables
Stakeland
3:10 to Yuma
Breathing Room
Blood of the Beast
Return of the Boogeyman
Curse of the Devil
Disturbing Behavior
Elvira's Haunted Hills
In Dreams
The Other
Shredder
Cigarette Burns
Close Call
Lost Junction
Hatred of a Minute
The Hand
Primer
Sasquatch